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Steve Nolan - Spiritual Care at the End of Life: The Chaplain as a ´Hopeful Presence´ - 9781849051996 - V9781849051996
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Spiritual Care at the End of Life: The Chaplain as a ´Hopeful Presence´

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Description for Spiritual Care at the End of Life: The Chaplain as a ´Hopeful Presence´ Paperback. This book examines the services that chaplains provide to dying patients and the unique relationship that palliative care staff construct with people at the end of life. It explores the nature of hope when faced with the inevitable and develops a theory of spiritual care rooted in relationship that has implications for all healthcare professionals. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.

Chaplains in healthcare settings offer patients spiritual care that involves companionship, counselling and maintaining hope. This is particularly important at the point where a patient has run out of treatment possibilities. This book reflects creatively on the work that chaplains do with people who are dying and the unique quality of the relationship that palliative care professionals construct with patients at the end of life.

Based on qualitative research with practising palliative care chaplains, Spiritual Care at the End of Life explores the nature of hope in its different forms at different stages of terminal illness, and asks how ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849051996
SKU
V9781849051996
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Steve Nolan
Steve Nolan, Ph.D., is a palliative care chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice, Surrey, UK, where he works daily with people who are dying, supporting them and their families. He regularly teaches spiritual care to students visiting the hospice and is a tutor on the MTh in Chaplaincy Studies at St. Michael's College, Llandaff, part of Cardiff University.

Reviews for Spiritual Care at the End of Life: The Chaplain as a ´Hopeful Presence´
A strong religious belief is not necessary to gain something from this book. It should be in every library and on the shelves of anyone who wishes to understand how they can support those in their care.
Nursing Older People Perhaps the most important insight in this brilliant text is enabling readers to think about owning the anxiety of ... Read more

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